Set Design and Pagent Cars in the York Plays

The set design for the York Plays basically consist of props and the Pageant Wagon. These wagons were usually movable as to create a moving set for the Actors to take with them when traveling. In some areas Fixed stages were more common. The fixed stages used simultaneous settings, in which the scenic units were used to represent the settings throughout the plays. Movable stages used sequential settings, which mean that each wagon had a set for one play versus the fixed stages that had all settings in one (Brockett 86).

The stages were usually rectangular in shape, made up of long platforms that were around head height. These wagons were set up along a building or a row of houses in order to organize them (Brockett 87). They were often set up in large public squares as to draw in audiences.

Work Cited:

Brockett, Oscar Gross, and Franklin Joseph Hildy. History of the Theatre. Boston: Pearson Allyn and Bacon, 2007. Print.